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Hypophthalmichthys nobilis (Richardson, 1845)

Bighead carp
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Singapore country information

Common names: [No common name]
Occurrence: not established
Salinity: freshwater
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Introduced in the 1900s. The common and Chinese carps were introduced during the early history of Singapore. They formed the basis for an important aquaculture after 1945 but rising land values have now rendered this activity uneconomic and it has declined considerably in recent years. Also Ref. 13364 and 38466.
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/sn.html
National Fisheries Authority:
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Chou, L.M. and T.J. Lam, 1989
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes(genus, species) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

Teleostei (teleosts) > Cypriniformes (Carps) > Xenocyprididae (East Asian minnows)
Etymology: Hypophthalmichthys: Greek, hypo = under + Greek, ophthalmos = eye + Greek, ichthys = fish (Ref. 45335);  nobilis: nobilis, meaning noble (Ref. 10294).
  More on author: Richardson.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Freshwater; brackish; benthopelagic; potamodromous (Ref. 51243); depth range 0 - ? m (Ref. 59043).   Temperate; 1°C - 38°C (Ref. 120904); 34°N - 21°N, 101°E - 123°E (Ref. 121042)

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